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NEW YORK (AP) - Thousands of lucky employees at small businesses across the country won't be working this Friday afternoon, or maybe they'll have the whole day off. Many small business owners looking to keep staffers motivated this summer give workers what they really want — time away from the office.
Owners do have other ways of motivating staffers in the summer, by catering breakfasts or lunches or sponsoring picnics, trips to museums and other social events. The point is to help make working during the summer more palatable, and, more important, to boost morale in a way that will result in increased productivity all year long.
"The best thing management can do for any employee is to let them know how much we appreciate their hard work," said Susan Gramatges, chief operating officer of Pierpont Communications, a Houston-based marketing firm. "You get back so much."
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